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This document summarizes flower structures that form in strike-slip fault zones. Flower structures develop when subsidiary faults splay upward from a main subvertical fault. If the vertical movement is extensional, the splay faults form a negative flower structure called a tulip structure, creating a depressed basin shape. If the vertical movement is compressional, the splay faults form a positive flower structure called a palm tree structure, creating an uplifted dome shape. Folds also develop within flowe

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